Arrived early to find Jean and Wedad in the bathroom getting ready for Jean's stress test. The latest appointment I could get was at 9am and Jean was not to happy about going to any more doctors. She has had her fill of medical professionals, but was a real trooper about it though. The nuclear tech at Khaled's office placed an I.V. in Jean's hand upon arrival, Jean and I sat around reading magazines. After an hour, Jean was scanned by the large camera. After another hour they injected Jean with Adenosine and monitored her heart for 6 minutes. The Adenosine, mimics stress on the heart, the way a treadmill would affect our heart. She did fine with that drug and was able to continue with the procedure until the nurses were satisfied. Bill could only take 2 minutes of it, before he asked them to stop. After the Adenosine, we read more magazines and after another hour they scanned her heart again. We were at the office for a total of 3 hours, we left and headed to the Quilted Bear. I ordered lunch from the car and we picked it up.
Drove back to the house, gave Bill and Jean lunch. Wedad had showered Bill while Jean and I were out. Wedad and I helped Bill get dressed and then Bill and I headed to Khaled's office again to get his INR checked. Bill had been on 5mg of Coumadin since 2/15, because his INR was still too high. This week his INR was 1.6. It should hover between 2-3, but Khaled recommended that Bill remain on 5mg and be rechecked in a week. I made a follow up appointment for Tuesday the 26th. After Bill and I arrived home, Wedad went to the grocery store to get some much needed supplies.
Wednesday- the evening was quite... both awake late. Made artichokes for lunch and then showered both Bill and Jean and got them ready for Dr. Campbell... Dr. C was glad to see them, it had been quite awhile since we had been in the office.
(Dr. Campbell is their podiatrist that cuts their toe nails every 61 days, we have not been in since Halloween.)
I made appointments for Bill and Jean to be seen by Dr. Lesueur (the dermatologist) to a full body check up.
Does anyone know if Greg Yates delivered the air filters, I spoke with him on Valentine's Day and he said he deliver them soon?
Thursday- Melissa arrived at 9am to sit with Bill while I took Jean to her echo cardiogram appointment. She did great.
Appointments- 2/26- Khaled's for INR
2/27- Bahu's office for echo cardiogram on Bill
2/28 Follow up appointment with Khaled for Jean- results of tests
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